The credit card details of up to 38,000 customers of clothing firm Cotton Traders were stolen following a hack of its website, BBC News has learned.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7446871.stm
Ring any bells, Rik?
I've just got off the phone from both CT and Barclaycard, as it happens. :)
If this keeps happening it is going to ruin online shopping. >:(
Especially when CT won't give any details to customers - it's just like the Nationwide lappy.
I used CT earlier in the year as well, and I also had a card compromised. :(
Worrying, isn't it. We do our job, the retailers don't do theirs.
Just had a word with CT. The hack only affected Barclaycard customers (?), all of whom have been notified. The hole in the site has not been fixed (that's nice to know, presumably they didn't know the previous one existed until after the event!). :mad:
CT?
Cotton Traders, Baz.
Who is next ?no pun intended and Ins right this will scare people off in droves me for one :eek4: :eek4:
As I've said before, David, we seem to have reached a point where you can be mugged for plastic or cash. :(
So, could it be argued, therefore, that the yellow padlock, and the https://, signifying website security, is actually worthless? :-\
So it would appear. :( All that guarantees is the online transaction, not what happens to the data once it's on the merchant's database.
It's just the inconvenience of having your card cancelled that bloody annoys me, especially as it then affects and potentially delays other orders. Perhaps if the vendors invested a bit more in database security, this sort of thing might not happen so often.
These things happen, and are becoming more and more common. I think it highlights the importance of using a credit card as opposed to a debit card at the very least.
Though Barclaycard are still taking their time clearing my case, because I'd done business with one of the sites used. I could be in big trouble if it happens at CT!
Ah. Nothing's ever easy. :shake: